The Shocking True Story of The Dropout

"The Dropout" reveals the shocking true story of Elizabeth Holmes. For this video, we’ll be looking at the most dramatic real life events that inspired Hulu’s “The Dropout.” Our countdown includes media attention, criminal charges, investors and board members, and more! Are YOU watching "The Dropout?" Let us know in the comments!

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[MsMojo]

Will you be watching The Dropout? Let us know below!

[trinaq]

I really adore how Amanda increasingly deepened her voice to play Elizabeth. That truly takes utmost dedication, in that she starts off sounding like herself, but then sounds decades older!

[abeltesfaye_]

Amanda Seyfried is the only actress who could truly play Elizabeth, with her huge eyes 😂 She NAILS Elizabeth's deep voice and creepy demeanor as well!

[shisah]

As a scientist this series was amazing and completely baffling. In the U.K. we have biomedical scientists who troubleshoot these machines using quality controls and and check validity of results before they are ever released to clinicians or patients. How they ever bought into the idea that this could go into retail without a medical professional overseeing results being released is crazy to me, and don’t even get me started on the technology. The scene in the dropout where Sunny doesn’t understand how a Siemens works and their little box doesn’t is so very telling that Elizabeth didn’t even understand the fundamentals of the science behind what goes on in the analysers and why they need to be so big. The public and investors were so blindly gullible

[chileplease]

How could anyone ever trust this lady? She literally has the eyes of a crazy person

[LookingGlassLibrary]

"self made"... comes from generational wealth and the connections of an ivy league education... sure... makes sense.

[savedgesurvive]

It's sad, but true that "white collar" crimes notoriously get little to no jail time when it really really should be happening.

[callalilly]

What kind of man runs head first into the mess that is Elizabeth Holmes and makes a baby with her? He needs his own documentary.

[ghostworld]

I thought she and Sunny were bad to their employees but if you read the book Bad Blood it describes just how beyond horrid they treated their employees. It’s got to be the most Toxic work environment I have ever read in a book. And these employees weren’t even just your average work in an office employees. The majority of her employees were graduates from Ivy League schools, and had previous experience working in really well known companies and labs like NASA and Labcorp. They both deserve jail time and restitution not just to her investors but the employees that she threatened and in some cases destroyed their lives.

[bigk]

Elizabeth Holmes should have gone into MARKETING! The way she can talk things up and convince people... She could have made a legitimate fortune in the line of work.

[athenstar]

AS someone who studied and worked with body fluids, it's basic knowledge, among medical professionals, that blood drawn from using a needle (venous blood) and blood drawn by just pricking a finger (capillary) or even a regular wound, have very different components. Did she even talk to lab scientist or a doctor?? Nope, she talked to a bunch of engineers, and rich men with high ego. Now, that's what I call "smart", but not too smart to convince medical experts😉😉

[matts]

Having not known the story prior to seeing Dropout, I couldn’t figure Amanda out, the voice changes I thought was bad acting. But when I researched Elizabeth after, I realized how DEAD ON Amanda played her.

[fredstone]

Her husband is like that guy in the episode of House who finds out that his wife has traits of a sociopath. She showed no remorse or guilt for anything she was accused of doing. It's almost impossible to tell what a sociopath is thinking.

[kellykerr]

Watching the show now. I’m really impressed with Amada Seyfried playing her. Her acting skills are definitely put to good use.

[SuzzaleyQ]

The genius part about what she did was find individuals who believed her, who had no idea what she was talking about because they were investors not scientists, when she did approach people who had an inkling that she was sketchy they questioned her and she moved on from them. Classic con artist, who was disguised by her family’s former wealth.

[quarf]

i feel sorry for her baby. Its obvious that she only had a baby to garner sympathy and hope for a short sentence

[kateskeys]

I emailed Phyllis Gardner and thanked her for her part in the Holmes fraud. She emailed me back to say thanks to me.
THANKS AGAIN PHYLLIS- ‘YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES"!

[lady__freya__]

My husband and I are addicted to this show. Amanda does an AMAZING job.

[jenniferhoynak]

Amanda Seyfried was absolutely the perfect choice to portray Elizabeth, just the side by side of the interview with the rapid fire questions is what peaked my interest because of how eerily similar Amanda could make her voice sound like Elizabeth's "voice"

[Miguel]

How this woman was able to con so many people is beyond me. She does not impress me at all.